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The departure of Steven Sinofsky, who headed the development efforts for Windows 7 introduction in 2009 and Windows 8 in 2012. His departure after 23 years at Microsoft comes after hardware companies working with Microsoft and other teams inside Microsoft described difficulties in working with Sinofsky. Microsoft CEO Ballmer referred to this lack of collaboration with other senior executives and polarizing nature, when he called for more "alignment across all Microsoft teams." Sinofsky was made a techncal assistant by Bill Gates in the early years and helped Gates recognize the importance of the world wide web in internet software development.

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